James Baller

Background

Baller, James was born on January 19, 1947 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Samuel and Irene (Lusczanowska) Baller.

Education

Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, Economics, with honors, 1969). Cornell University Law School (Juris Doctor, 1972).

Career

Worked at The Baller Law Group. Admitted to the bar, 1973, District of Columbia, United States. District Court, District of Columbia and United States.

Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. 1974, United States. Claims Court. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.

1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Member, Cornell Law Review, 1970-1971.

Author or Co-Author: "Telecommunications: New Horizons In Service" (Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, 50th Annual Conference 1996). "The Essential Role of Consumer-Owned Electric Utilities In Developing the National Information Infrastructure: A Historical Perspective" (American Public Power Association, National Telecommunications Conference 1995). "Public Power and the Electronic Superhighway: A Window of Opportunity" (American Public Power Association, National Telecommunications Conference 1993).

"Assessment of Dioxin-Related Health Risks for the Melbourne Metropolitan Area," Australian Journal of Public Health (June 15, 1993). "The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: An Emerging Power in the Hazardous Waste Arena," 21 BNA Environment Reporter 1951, March 1, 1991. "New Science in Risk Assessment: Adapting to the Reforms," 3 Environmental Claims Journal 367, Spr.

1991; "The Petroleum Industry and the Environment—New Laws, New Concerns and New Strategies," Petroleum Management, June 1990. "Japan's National Recycling Plan," Waste Age Magazine, August 1982. "Waste-to-Energy Projects in the United States: The Legal Considerations Involved," Clean Japan Center International Waste Recycling Symposium, December 1981.

Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association. The Baller Law Group emphasizes counseling, representation and administrative and judicial litigation in environmental, energy and telecommunications matters.

Representative clients include major corporations, trade associations, utilities, consultants and other attorneys. The firm deals regularly with risk assessment, risk management and risk communication issues in the United States and abroad, working with multi-disciplinary teams of scientists and technical experts. The firm has been counsel to several prominent scientific advisory boards, including the one currently studying the health effects of cellular telephones.

The firm also represents electric utilities in telecommunications matters, including proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission concerning the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Achievements

• Bar: United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1973, United States Court Claims 1974, United States District Court District of Columbia 1973, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1978, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit)1991, United States Court Appeals (federal circuit) 1986.

Membership

Legal counsel, board directors, Chairman of the Board Special Approaches to Juvenile Assistance, Washington, 1975-1981. Board directors Sun Foundation, 1986-1993, president, 1988-1993. Member American Bar Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Environmental Law Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: hockey, soccer, photography, skiing, reading.

Connections

Married Marlene Berlin, May 21, 1972. Children: Erica Berlin, Julia Berlin.

Father:

Samuel Baller

Mother:

Irene (Lusczanowska) Baller

Spouse:

Marlene Berlin

child:

Julia Berlin Baller

child:

Erica Berlin Baller